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You'll have to forgive Jesse Joseph if he wasn't celebrating his CFL Canadian Draft ranking.

When the CFL Scouting Bureau released its first 15-player list last month, the Connecticut defensive end sat seventh.

Four days earlier, the Laval, Que., product was sitting on the the turf in Maryland after tearing the Achilles tendon in his left leg.

Instead of moving up those rankings over the final two-and-a-half months of the NCAA football season, Joseph will be moving to the training room to rehab the season-ending injury, which could result in a medical redshirt designation and a re-do of his senior campaign.

"If anyone would have told me that we'd have a three senior (defensive end) rotation and be down to one after four weeks, I probably wouldn't have believed it," UConn head coach Paul Pasqualoni told the Connecticut Post, referring to Joseph and Ted Jennings who went down with a torn ACL in the same game. "I didn't see that in my crystal ball. I missed that one."

But Joseph isn't the only Canadian plying his trade south of the border on Saturdays, giving CFL fans a reason to tune in and catching the attention of scouts in the process.

The first set of rankings — put together by CFL scouts, player personnel directors and GMs from around the league — saw seven NCAA players crack the list, topped by Oregon linebacker Bo Lokombo, of Abbotsford, B.C., at No. 3.

As a redshirt sophomore and the Ducks top backup linebacker last season, Lokombo returned two interceptions for touchdowns, in addition to scoring on a blocked punt.

The Ducks 'backer is followed by a pair of Eastern Michigan standouts in offensive lineman Corey Watman (Queensville, Ont.) at No. 6, and defensive end Kalonji Kashama (Brampton, Ont.) at No. 8.

Kashama would be the fourth brother to play in the CFL, as older brothers Hakeem and Alain bounced around the league in the mid-to-late 2000s, while Fernand was drafted 16th overall by the Calgary Stampeders in 2008, and currently suits up with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

The most famous family member, however, could be former Michigan Wolverines running back Tim Biakabutuka, Kashama's cousin, who was selected sixth overall by the Carolina Panthers in the 1996 NFL Draft, the second-highest drafted Canadian, behind Tony Mandarich (second overall, 1989).

In the 2012 CFL Canadian Draft, 17 NCAA players were selected in the six-round cattle call, including four in the first round, two in the second round and another four players in the third round, with Eastern Michigan defensive lineman Jabar Westerman leading the charge at No. 2 overall to the B.C. Lions.